YOGA TEACHER TRAINING FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION

YOGA TEACHER TRAINING FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION 5 Koshas - Sheaths: Anamayakosha, Pranamayakosha, Manomayakosha, Vjnanamayakosha, Anandamayakosha Annamaya kosha - Anna means food the outermost of the koshas is called the sheath of food Pranamaya kosha - Prana means energy. Manamaya kosha - Mana means mind. Vijnanamaya kosha - Vijnana means knowing Anandamaya kosha - Ananda means bliss 3 Gunas - Rajas, tamas, sattva 6 types of joints - ball & socket, hinge, ellipsoidal, saddle (elbow), pivot, gliding, 4 movements of shoulders - protraction, retration, elevation, depression prana - the life energy that rides the breath Pancha Vayu - 5 winds/ 5 directions of the breath 5 directions of the breath - pranavayu, apanavayu, vyanavayu, samanavayu, udana vayu pranavayu - inhale, upward, lifting apanavayu - exhale, grounding, stability vyanavayu - flow of prana out to extremities Samanavayu - contracting to the core, digestive fire udanavayu - special pathway that moves up to top chakra (sahasrara) chakras - muladara, svadhisthana, manipura, anahata, visuddha, anjana, sahasrara Tibialis Anterior - dorsiflexion of foot, inversion peroneus longus - plantarflexions, eversion Atha - now shastras - holy teachings: Upanishads, Gita, Mahabarata samadhi - a mind that is well placed is placed in samadhi, absorbed chitta vritta - turnings of the mind dharma - duty or nature, essential quality Chittaya Dharmi - Conditions of the mind: Ksipta/tossed, mudam/sleepy/dull, viskiptam/sometimes distracted, ekagman/onepointedfocus, nirudham/still/stopped/resting ksipta - tossed mind mudam - dull mind viskiptam - sometimes distracted ekagman - one pointed nirudham - still, stopped, at rest prakriti - nature purusha - consciousness 8 major joints (Grilley) - wrist/forearm, elbow, shoulder, neck, lumbar spine, pelvis, knee, ankle